Parts of Speech: Nouns, Verbs, Pronouns

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Parts of Speech

Learn the nine parts of speech with this simple jingle or mnemonic device. It is easy to memorize a sentence or phrase and if you simply use the first letter of each word to remind you of the part of speech.

Learn the nine parts of speech with this simple jingle or mnemonic device. It is easy to memorize a sentence or phrase and if you simply use the first letter of each word to remind you of the part of speech.
The jingle is: [b]"Very astute and proper names can always impact people."[/b]
The first letter of each word stands for, in order: [b]Verb, Adverb, Adjective, Pronoun, Noun, Conjunction, Article, Interjection, Preposition.[/b]
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Parts of Speech

Nouns, Verbs, and Pronouns

Remember nouns as the "naming" word, and verbs as the "doing" word.

Nouns name a person, place, or thing.

"Marywalked to town."

The nouns in that sentence are "Mary" and "town".

Pronouns rename the noun.

"Shewalked to town."

The pronoun "she" renames "Mary".

"Shewalked to it."

The pronoun "it" renames "town".

Verbs describe the action in the sentence.

The verb in the above sentence is "walked".

Remember [b]nouns[/b] as the "naming" word, and [i]verbs[/i] as the "doing" word.
[b]Nouns[/b] name a person, place, or thing.
"[b]Mary[/b] [i]walked[/i] to [b]town[/b]."
The [b]nouns[/b] in that sentence are [b]"Mary"[/b] and [b]"town"[/b].
[u]Pronouns[/u] rename the [b]noun.[/b]
"[u]She[/u] [i]walked[/i] to [b]town[/b]."
The [u]pronoun[/u] "[u]she[/u]" renames "[b]Mary[/b]".
"[u]She[/u] [i]walked[/i] to [u]it[/u]."
The [u]pronoun[/u] "[u]it[/u]" renames "[b]town[/b]".
[i]Verbs[/i] describe the action in the sentence.
The [i]verb[/i] in the above sentence is "[i]walked[/i]".